Word: much
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Much dissatisfaction has recently been expressed in American papers at the inefficiency shown by almost every branch of the Government in the preparation for active participation in the war. Every administrative officer has been subjected to public abuse, and many officials have been accused of willfully holding up the great national work. The New York Times, a powerful Democratic organ, has devoted a series of editorials to the argument that the President, despite his great genius for moral and intellectual leadership, has handicapped his administration by appointing "unfit men to places of very great trust and responsibility," and by retaining...
...from being in sympathy with the multitude of gross errors and delays which have been committed in the most important of all business in the present day, namely, preparation for the war; but we think that before too much criticism is launched against President Wilson for lack of judgment in filling his appointive offices we should remember that to secure efficiently we must relinquish the democracy our ancestors so dearly cherished...
Whether preference is given to a particular one of the new subject makes little difference. In learning any one, the student gains knowledge which is essential for winning a commission. The fact that this is a College course may cause men to just pass, and for that reason lose much of its value. continuous work will mean far more than a high grade; it will mean a better chance to secure a lieutenancy. The aim of this training is not scholarship, but preparation to became an officer...
...Defence, Lincoln F. Schabub of Cambridge will act as head of the Graduate School of Business Administration. Dean Gay has been acting on the Economy Board since early last spring, but recently he has found that his duties as a member of the Council of National Defence require oo much time to permit him to continue his work as dean of the Business School...
...minimum number interested. It is unfortunately true, especially in rowing, that an informal season with intramural competition will not attract a large number of candidates. If the athletic rulers wish to get the greatest numbers out, they must provide some intercollegiate meetings with our natural rivals no matter how much the season may be modified from the pre-war standards. If they will promise, on their side, to give us competition with other colleges, the undergraduates will promise in turn to conduct a sane and economical season, without neglect of military work, but rather with an increased interest...